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SSi Announces $75 Million

Investment into Nunavuts
Broadband Future
Press release from SSi Micro
September23,20157:17pmByTheArcticJournal
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Nunavut to benefit from long-term satellite capacity and networkwide upgrades

ABOUT PRESS RELEASES

IQALUIT, September 23, 2015. Today the SSi Group of Companies, the
premier broadband provider in Northern Canada, announced $75
million of new investment in Nunavuts broadband future. This
represents a significant milestone and an unprecedented effort to
help bridge the digital divide between North and South. All of Nunavut
consumers, business, the education system, health-care providers
and government will soon benefit from SSis commitment to
upgraded capacity and next-generation communications
technologies.
The investments start immediately and will continue over the next
three years resulting in extensive network-wide improvements. Consumers will see the
first benefits by March, 2016 when SSi activates major upgrades in last-mile capacity and
implements increased service usage caps and burst speeds for Qiniq broadband service
across Nunavut.
The Government of Canada is investing $35 million through the Connecting Canadians
Program to extend and enhance broadband service available to more than 8,600 homes
throughout all 25 communities in Nunavut. Nunavummiut will have access to significantly
increased usage caps and burst speeds at a price consistent with that of the past several
years. SSi will provide all other funding required for new infrastructure, facility upgrades
and operating expenses, including the signing of a new long-term contract with Telesat
Canada for multiple transponders of C-band and Ka-band satellite capacity.
Key components of the investment program include:
State-of-the-art mobile and 4G LTE broadband wireless technologies in
the communities, allowing customers to receive attractive new services,
including mobile voice and broadband data, telemetry applications such as
smart power metering and remote access security systems, and video

smart power metering and remote access security systems, and video
conferencing;
SSis current broadband wireless system will continue to operate to support
roaming between communities and transition to the new system;
A massive upgrade to the current satellite backbone connecting Southern
Canada to Nunavut, a vast Canadian territory that lies mostly above the
Arctic Circle;
New infrastructure on the ground to support use of high-throughput
satellites (HTS) now in planning that are expected to commence
operations over Nunavut in the next few years;
This will provide a platform to ensure secured capacity for Nunavuts
growing communications needs well into the future; and
New open gateway facilities in the communities, known as PowerComm
Hubs - the first was recently installed in Iqaluit - with a revolutionary
design that includes:
An energy saving passive cooling system,
Backup power generation capacity (diesel, solar and wind),
Systems able to be controlled on site or remotely,
Termination equipment for backbone connectivity,
Co-location areas for local service providers, and
A communications tower to support local distribution
antennae.
By laying this important groundwork today, SSi is proactively preparing to meet
Nunavuts ever-growing broadband needs, said Jeff Philipp, Founder and CEO of SSi.
This commitment is only the beginning. We want to build a backbone that will support
the delivery of advanced broadband services to ALL residents. So we need to invest now
to lay the foundation for the future. This is the start of that investment, and we welcome
others to join us in building a new Northern reality that will create opportunities for
increased economic growth along with improvements in healthcare and the overall
quality of life for communities throughout Nunavut.
A key component of SSis investment program is augmented satellite capacity, being
delivered through a multi-year procurement contract with Telesat Canada.
Telesat has worked closely with SSi for over a decade and we are excited to be
supporting SSi as it embarks on this significant network expansion, said Michele Beck,
Telesats Vice President North American Sales. With our new agreement, Telesat and SSi
will ensure that that the communities of Nunavut have access to the most state-of-the-art,
robust and high-performing advanced broadband communications infrastructure for
years to come.
We are excited by what this represents for Nunavut, said Dean Proctor, Chief
Development Officer of SSi. The investments will serve as a stepping stone, to build a
base for Nunavuts present and future communications needs. They will also serve to
move SSi well beyond our traditional role as an Internet service provider, and we will soon
deliver to our customers a wide array of attractive voice, broadband data, mobile and
multimedia services.
In Nunavut, SSi has operated the Qiniq network, providing Internet service to consumers
and businesses in all 25 communities since 2005. SSi has also managed and maintained
the Government of Nunavuts wide area network (WAN) since 2009. Todays
announcement is a clear affirmation of SSis commitment to Nunavuts broadband future,
working to ensure that the high usage demands of government, consumers and business
can be met over the coming years.
The Government of Canada announcement regarding the $35 million investment awarded
to SSi under the Connecting Canadians program is available at:
http://news.gc.ca/web/article-en.do?nid=997049

About SSi: This is the 25th anniversary of the SSi Group of Companies. Headquartered in
Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, and with our satellite network operations centre in
Ottawa, SSi designs, builds and operates telecommunications networks around the
world. We understand first-hand the challenges faced in providing effective and
affordable communications services to remote and outlying areas.
SSis history in Nunavut dates back 17 years, when we built our first satellite network
linking the five communities of the Kitikmeot region. Ten years ago, SSi was the first
company to launch broadband service in all 25 Nunavut communities, doing so under the
QINIQ brand name, offering the same service level and pricing to Nunavummiut across
the Territory. Since then, we have all seen the positive impact of broadband in the North:
Educational opportunities previously denied are now available;
Broadband has allowed commercial, banking and federal government
services to be delivered virtually in regions where bricks and mortar
facilities do not exist;
Territorial government operations rely daily on broadband connectivity to
plan and deliver services throughout the North;
Family members spread over vast distances within Nunavut can now use
social media to stay intimately connected, and people use broadbandenabled audio and videoconferencing as much as the system can support;
Service sectors such as retail, airlines, banking and logistics are now able to
offer a wider range of services that depend on broadband in the remote
communities;
Evidence of the preservation, expansion and dissemination of Inuit and
Northern cultures and languages through broadband-enabled technologies
are everywhere - with Inuktitut conversations commonplace in social
media, new Inuit apps for mobile devices, and sharing and publishing of
Inuit traditional knowledge in land use planning;
Local trade between communities has increased, with country food and
Inuit-made clothing bought and sold online, thereby stimulating local
economies and supporting poverty reduction initiatives; and
Global markets have been opened for local entrepreneurial ventures,
connecting the original creators of Inuit Art to buyers around the world,
expanding Inuit-owned fishing ventures, and allowing local companies to
compete in the Nunavut mining industry by supplying mining companies
whose head offices are located outside of Nunavut.
SSi firmly believes that the North must have access to a high quality and affordable
communications system, and benefit from competitive choice across that system. For
more on this, see SSis recent intervention to the Canadian Radio-television and
Telecommunications Commission, The Qimirluk Proposal: An Open Gateway to Deliver
the Promise of Broadband, which details measures to provide long-term benefit for
Canadas remote and outlying communities, and the businesses, governments and other
organizations that serve the people living there. The Qimirluk Proposal can be found at:
www.ssimicro.com/crtc-interventionTNC-2015-134
About Telesat: Telesat is a leading global satellite operator, providing reliable and secure
satellite delivered communications solutions worldwide to broadcast, telecom, corporate
and government customers. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, with offices and facilities
around the world, the companys state-of-the-art fleet consists of 14 satellites and the
Canadian payload on ViaSat-1 with another satellite under construction. Telesat also
manages the operations of additional satellites for third parties. Privately held, Telesats
principal shareholders are Canadas Public Sector Pension Investment Board and Loral
Space & Communications Inc. (NASDAQ: LORL). For more information on Telesat, see:
www.telesat.com
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
Click here for the September 23rd pressconference presentation
Click here for acommunity information package regarding new communicationsfacilities
for QINIQ

SSi Contact:
David Veniot
Manager, Communications
The SSi Group of Companies
Tel: 613-271-6464
Cell: 613-292-8552
Email: davidv@ssimicro.com
Telesat Contact:
Gerry Nagler, Telesat
Tel: +1 908 470-4907
Email: gnagler@telesat.com
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